Crossword SNITCH

A quantitative guide to the degree of difficulty of the Times Cryptic Crossword

Reference solvers for June 2020

The following solvers are used as references for the NITCH calculations in this month. The time indicated is their average solving time for error-free puzzles during the prior six months. The solvers average NITCH for each day of week is also shown, with the number of solutions for that day.

RankSolverSolutions usedAverage time MonTueWedThuFri
1 Magoo 24438 05:59 74 (11) 88 (17) 113 (14) 100 (19) 115 (17)
2 Eamon Ryan 28287 06:22 83 (16) 101 (17) 92 (16) 89 (14) 123 (21)
3 Jason 39418 06:42 78 (21) 99 (22) 98 (22) 104 (22) 119 (21)
4 Nathan Panning 18334 07:16 86 (10) 114 (10) 99 (11) 101 (10) 98 (11)
5 verlaine 52027 07:20 78 (26) 94 (26) 100 (24) 103 (26) 122 (26)
6 escat49 47248 07:25 91 (24) 92 (23) 105 (21) 100 (23) 110 (25)
7 mistigris 49161 07:48 77 (21) 92 (23) 102 (22) 102 (24) 119 (25)
8 aphis99 59131 08:29 75 (22) 99 (26) 108 (26) 100 (26) 111 (26)
9 hilarym 39890 08:59 81 (21) 96 (15) 110 (17) 96 (16) 120 (15)
10 asaldanha 58184 09:30 74 (24) 96 (23) 105 (17) 99 (24) 124 (24)
11 Midas 67748 09:34 80 (25) 94 (26) 106 (26) 99 (25) 117 (26)
12 richard 47815 09:50 82 (19) 99 (19) 97 (19) 114 (17) 108 (17)
13 AlanS 71585 10:06 78 (26) 98 (26) 108 (25) 101 (26) 114 (25)
14 chindit 69622 10:32 82 (25) 94 (25) 108 (20) 99 (24) 116 (26)
15 chriswords 50901 11:01 90 (17) 94 (19) 97 (16) 94 (16) 119 (19)
16 scrabbler 65453 11:07 75 (21) 98 (21) 106 (22) 101 (22) 116 (22)
17 lickert 65498 11:44 76 (21) 97 (22) 103 (24) 101 (16) 121 (20)
18 glheard 76237 11:52 77 (25) 92 (23) 113 (23) 105 (23) 111 (23)
19 Topical Tim 78657 11:55 76 (26) 98 (25) 98 (19) 105 (25) 121 (25)
20 tiggis 31521 11:56 76 (13) 102 (14) 90 (7) 116 (11) 117 (9)
21 SimonAnthony 73568 12:01 79 (24) 93 (23) 88 (20) 124 (21) 114 (24)
22 Kinghedger 62206 12:20 76 (17) 101 (21) 99 (17) 102 (17) 114 (22)
23 neilr 84316 12:32 79 (26) 103 (26) 101 (23) 105 (23) 112 (24)
24 keriothe_ 83390 12:38 70 (23) 90 (26) 103 (23) 113 (25) 121 (23)
25 p.wild 91270 12:40 87 (26) 97 (26) 101 (26) 103 (26) 109 (26)
26 Stavros 87299 12:52 78 (26) 96 (26) 105 (26) 101 (23) 121 (22)
27 Tom Stubbs 92296 12:55 85 (26) 95 (26) 104 (26) 100 (26) 116 (25)
28 miked1961 41935 12:56 82 (13) 100 (14) 124 (12) 89 (11) 102 (14)
29 andy 44974 13:09 73 (11) 105 (17) 92 (17) 108 (12) 122 (10)
30 Sheapey 89157 13:23 77 (26) 96 (26) 92 (20) 110 (25) 123 (24)
31 Ben Staveley 42702 13:25 81 (13) 102 (13) 115 (12) 97 (14) 105 (11)
32 robertL 76536 13:34 88 (19) 90 (21) 107 (23) 95 (21) 117 (20)
33 aphasic 52572 13:54 88 (15) 96 (19) 101 (10) 99 (17) 120 (12)
34 HenryBW 63717 13:58 81 (20) 90 (18) 111 (16) 110 (16) 112 (16)
35 Silva 94424 14:03 81 (26) 98 (26) 103 (19) 103 (26) 114 (25)
36 fshephe 100826 14:07 89 (25) 92 (26) 104 (26) 102 (26) 109 (26)
37 Groucho 66555 14:13 86 (24) 103 (20) 109 (15) 101 (18) 109 (11)
38 xyster 35134 14:38 68 (10) 98 (9) 109 (12) 108 (10) 113 (9)
39 MikeOsborne 101277 14:40 74 (26) 98 (26) 109 (22) 101 (25) 117 (26)
40 KenG 41630 14:45 81 (13) 109 (11) 92 (11) 100 (11) 120 (11)
41 Tibthorpe 95824 14:55 81 (25) 98 (22) 110 (24) 98 (24) 113 (22)
42 njnclarke 47705 15:00 82 (16) 108 (13) 90 (16) 107 (12) 152 (6)
43 Malcj 81857 15:09 67 (18) 101 (21) 103 (21) 100 (19) 121 (21)
44 Sue Sweeper 81582 15:16 78 (17) 93 (22) 96 (23) 105 (17) 124 (20)
45 Penfold_61 53504 15:55 72 (12) 100 (14) 102 (13) 111 (15) 109 (12)
46 grape 42313 16:01 85 (16) 109 (13) 102 (7) 99 (8) 111 (10)
47 doublecross 71174 16:01 77 (18) 93 (17) 118 (16) 111 (17) 103 (16)
48 Crucifer 51398 16:09 75 (10) 94 (13) 104 (13) 96 (12) 119 (15)
49 David Crooks 100884 16:10 76 (24) 100 (24) 106 (22) 99 (23) 120 (21)
50 cyrillic 107091 16:22 75 (23) 95 (23) 103 (24) 110 (26) 113 (23)
51 phthisis 61214 16:27 79 (15) 108 (17) 89 (12) 104 (14) 115 (14)
52 mikegrocott 67979 16:39 86 (11) 92 (17) 100 (13) 102 (18) 110 (19)
53 MK76 44753 16:57 90 (16) 97 (11) 93 (10) 106 (9) 128 (8)
54 tapbarker 117694 17:30 73 (25) 98 (25) 105 (24) 109 (25) 116 (23)
55 fuzz 107575 17:55 83 (21) 105 (23) 102 (24) 105 (21) 102 (21)
56 Golvellius 97980 17:56 83 (23) 103 (21) 106 (22) 105 (18) 102 (17)
57 Ed freshpot 117556 18:08 82 (23) 97 (24) 105 (22) 98 (25) 115 (24)
58 OliviaRhineb 126563 18:11 76 (26) 95 (26) 109 (25) 105 (26) 114 (23)
59 JezWoolfrey 38379 18:16 81 (7) 85 (8) 91 (11) 112 (13) 131 (6)
60 Squallaby 119048 18:22 72 (24) 94 (25) 112 (24) 104 (23) 119 (22)
61 LouWeed 130254 18:23 82 (26) 93 (25) 102 (26) 105 (25) 116 (26)
62 robinh 122799 18:26 79 (24) 97 (24) 105 (23) 101 (25) 115 (25)
63 Eddddddd 36793 18:34 82 (11) 97 (10) 96 (8) 109 (7) 131 (7)
64 Craven 126305 18:37 83 (26) 96 (26) 107 (24) 101 (24) 113 (23)
65 RobR 99557 18:38 75 (20) 102 (19) 103 (19) 99 (21) 119 (20)
66 GMcD 129023 18:41 76 (25) 100 (25) 104 (24) 101 (25) 117 (26)
67 LJCN 113528 18:44 75 (21) 94 (22) 109 (23) 104 (23) 114 (22)
68 annelambirth 87875 19:16 88 (21) 99 (17) 100 (15) 102 (20) 117 (13)
69 John Arnold 78327 19:46 84 (22) 102 (17) 99 (11) 99 (13) 125 (13)
70 Looch 114578 19:53 78 (24) 98 (20) 108 (21) 93 (19) 122 (22)
71 flounderbout 47783 19:54 78 (11) 84 (10) 112 (8) 113 (14) 115 (7)
72 pterodactyl 103941 19:54 84 (22) 95 (21) 108 (14) 103 (21) 113 (19)
73 rupe 41915 19:57 58 (8) 88 (10) 105 (7) 121 (9) 118 (11)
74 Hamish.S 75444 19:57 75 (17) 94 (9) 108 (17) 105 (12) 113 (18)
75 margaretl 72778 20:12 86 (15) 105 (11) 116 (10) 92 (17) 107 (17)
76 Zander 42759 20:21 76 (10) 86 (10) 110 (7) 94 (9) 141 (9)
77 barracuda 143611 20:48 81 (25) 100 (25) 105 (25) 101 (25) 110 (25)
78 Zabadak 112555 20:50 78 (17) 95 (19) 96 (21) 104 (23) 121 (20)
79 Pootle 140468 20:54 77 (26) 92 (24) 90 (22) 116 (26) 122 (24)
80 mcjwright 143825 21:01 76 (26) 96 (26) 101 (24) 99 (22) 125 (26)
81 benedick 92255 21:03 87 (21) 103 (16) 110 (15) 100 (16) 104 (15)
82 jaraab 49836 21:17 92 (13) 109 (11) 92 (8) 93 (10) 119 (7)
83 andrewlake 120600 21:22 75 (15) 96 (25) 102 (24) 100 (16) 115 (24)
84 hugh.schofield 64274 21:25 74 (12) 103 (13) 104 (11) 101 (10) 113 (14)
85 kath 69626 21:29 82 (14) 102 (16) 108 (16) 103 (10) 104 (8)
86 colin2355 141011 22:10 78 (20) 85 (24) 103 (23) 101 (24) 124 (25)
87 Solver52 157217 22:12 92 (26) 96 (25) 103 (26) 98 (25) 108 (26)
88 peterh 111998 22:13 81 (20) 98 (18) 103 (21) 108 (17) 110 (18)
89 tonym 93626 22:17 92 (19) 97 (16) 106 (18) 101 (13) 105 (14)
90 sampson 73946 22:24 88 (16) 97 (14) 112 (13) 100 (14) 108 (8)
91 jlancs228 47096 22:25 83 (9) 85 (7) 117 (8) 93 (12) 119 (9)
92 Kevin Gregg 127953 22:26 76 (24) 98 (23) 107 (21) 104 (18) 119 (19)
93 george.garlick 59035 22:52 82 (14) 94 (12) 102 (7) 110 (9) 120 (11)
94 gbestanley 132947 23:04 90 (25) 100 (17) 95 (21) 104 (23) 111 (20)
95 brian.mcnamara 112619 23:27 87 (20) 96 (16) 98 (15) 95 (23) 128 (16)
96 Bert Dove 59210 24:04 94 (16) 100 (9) 108 (7) 90 (12) 123 (7)
97 goblin 170831 24:45 81 (26) 97 (24) 104 (25) 106 (24) 109 (26)
98 pc8 84018 25:00 71 (9) 95 (11) 105 (16) 101 (15) 111 (15)
99 endafk 107394 25:12 83 (17) 102 (18) 93 (15) 99 (18) 127 (13)
100 dec 128811 25:33 83 (22) 97 (21) 98 (17) 105 (16) 119 (18)
101 zythum 134074 25:41 80 (20) 96 (20) 109 (19) 109 (18) 104 (20)
102 rjcassidy 130861 25:57 77 (22) 97 (16) 112 (16) 98 (19) 117 (21)
103 crosswordian 107568 25:58 81 (17) 100 (15) 109 (14) 104 (15) 106 (18)
104 James P 104239 26:19 67 (15) 94 (17) 95 (16) 106 (11) 132 (17)
105 klamery4 143519 26:34 87 (20) 92 (19) 107 (22) 98 (19) 111 (20)
106 Manveru 117861 26:54 87 (24) 96 (19) 104 (14) 114 (15) 109 (11)
107 William M 56062 27:28 71 (8) 89 (9) 118 (7) 107 (10) 111 (10)
108 Edprof 64702 27:39 73 (9) 94 (12) 104 (9) 92 (10) 138 (9)
109 eniamretrauq 140082 27:47 81 (18) 95 (20) 100 (21) 99 (16) 121 (19)
110 Chadwick 163511 27:48 70 (15) 94 (25) 104 (22) 103 (22) 116 (24)
111 Semillon 96802 27:49 77 (13) 78 (13) 99 (16) 103 (14) 144 (12)
112 alwsn8 75449 28:34 76 (10) 102 (10) 103 (11) 98 (12) 116 (11)
113 NAPASAI 69449 28:56 67 (10) 79 (8) 126 (11) 99 (12) 120 (9)
114 phmfantom 71796 29:11 70 (12) 90 (8) 108 (8) 112 (13) 119 (10)
115 alexh 77529 29:22 73 (16) 94 (8) 100 (11) 87 (9) 159 (10)
116 Waterloo 139745 29:28 61 (19) 80 (17) 134 (17) 118 (19) 108 (17)
117 Peter Sykes 124460 29:38 81 (18) 105 (16) 105 (15) 93 (17) 120 (14)
118 Tudds 205220 29:44 71 (24) 90 (26) 116 (25) 106 (25) 113 (25)
119 Mkgnao 201061 29:55 75 (26) 96 (26) 114 (24) 100 (23) 117 (23)
120 nekabue 203195 29:58 73 (24) 90 (25) 111 (25) 105 (25) 118 (24)
121 SlumdogEngineer 140259 30:21 66 (19) 89 (14) 104 (19) 104 (18) 136 (17)
122 rosselliot 177862 31:12 84 (20) 89 (25) 113 (19) 107 (22) 108 (19)
123 1234 114875 31:23 79 (14) 106 (15) 98 (16) 92 (10) 118 (16)
124 JohnDun 191273 31:52 81 (20) 93 (22) 104 (24) 96 (22) 121 (22)
125 koro 224154 31:55 80 (26) 99 (26) 104 (25) 98 (25) 117 (25)
126 ulaca 176736 32:43 72 (23) 106 (21) 105 (20) 93 (17) 127 (19)
127 joss henry 146112 32:54 78 (18) 97 (20) 120 (17) 93 (16) 116 (13)
128 Crippens1 124365 33:25 83 (18) 112 (12) 96 (13) 101 (16) 113 (13)
129 Glyndwr 117745 34:25 77 (13) 101 (15) 110 (17) 104 (15) 103 (7)
130 Paulypops 165481 36:46 91 (23) 103 (20) 96 (16) 101 (15) 115 (11)
131 Nangle 157322 36:55 76 (15) 98 (14) 105 (18) 98 (19) 120 (15)
132 maryht 228948 37:02 91 (23) 92 (26) 106 (17) 94 (24) 118 (23)
133 Pleasuredome 225999 37:17 84 (25) 105 (25) 108 (25) 92 (18) 111 (18)
134 Gussie 96609 38:20 64 (8) 111 (8) 97 (14) 110 (9) 108 (13)
135 wyn.dil 139286 42:12 78 (13) 105 (12) 95 (12) 109 (14) 109 (14)
136 symbenall2 118388 43:50 64 (12) 95 (11) 119 (11) 97 (10) 125 (11)
137 Msimmo 85971 46:13 92 (8) 92 (9) 95 (9) 100 (8) 126 (7)
138 WordPlodder 150292 50:05 64 (6) 107 (18) 91 (13) 112 (13) 97 (10)
139 Masha 188218 52:16 79 (16) 103 (10) 105 (12) 94 (15) 118 (17)
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